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Coronavirus in UAE: Flydubai receives permission for departure to UK

Dubai - The flight is open to British citizens.

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Patrick Moody, the British Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, has announced, that a flydubai flight has received the permission to depart on Saturday, March 28.

We have checked with Fly Dubai. The flight today 28 March has permission to depart, is open to British citizens and has seats available including on connecting flight to Heathrow. If you need to leave the #UAE urgently, please book with the airline now. https://t.co/4GUiFnnOXo
- Patrick Moody (@PatrickMoodyFCO) March 27, 2020

The flight is open to British citizens and has seats available including the ones on the connecting flight to Heathrow. The British citizens wanting to leave the UAE urgently can book with the airline immediately. The tickets can be booked with the airline or with the booking agencies directly. 

We have confirmation that BNs can transit through Croatia. Please book through the airline or booking agencies directly.
- UKinUAE ???????? (@ukinuae) March 27, 2020

The announcement regarding the same had been made by the British Ambassador on his official Twitter account.

#URGENT message to British Nationals: Fly Dubai flight FZ1749 to Zagreb *tomorrow* is now open for bookings. There is a connecting flight from Zagreb to London Heathrow on flight OU490 later tomorrow afternoon. There is currently availability on both flights.
- UKinUAE ???????? (@ukinuae) March 27, 2020

The National Emergency and Crisis and Disasters Management and the Civil Aviation Authority in UAE had earlier decided to suspend all inbound and outbound passenger flights and the transit of airline passengers in the UAE for two weeks as part of the precautionary measures taken to curb the spread of the Covid-19.